Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer who has been linked to the Kremlin was appropriate and didn’t amount to collusion between the campaign and Russia, a White House spokeswoman said.in a day

The two congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election have committed to a goal that has eluded almost every major probe on Capitol Hill in recent years: bipartisanship.92in 17 hours

Paul Singer’s hedge fund is still pursuing Oncor, one of the largest power transmission utilities in the U.S., with a deal that it says is better than a buyout by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.in 20 hours

Australia, the world’s No. 2 seller of liquefied natural gas abroad, holds so little in reserve that it can’t keep the lights on in Adelaide—a cautionary tale for the U.S. as it prepares to vastly increase natural-gas shipments abroad.111in 16 hours

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said his troops, backed by a U.S.-led military coalition, had recaptured the northern city of Mosul, driving Islamic State from its last major urban stronghold in the country.in 19 hours

Newspaper publishers are calling on Congress to allow them to negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook as the duo increasingly dominate digital advertising and news distribution online.in 18 hours

Honda Motor said a man attempting to repair a Honda Accord died last year when a Takata air bag installed inside the car ruptured, bringing to a dozen the U.S. death toll stemming from the faulty safety devices.in 19 hours

U.S. airlines are raking in more per mile they fly a passenger for the first time in years, thanks to new fare classes and customized services that are squeezing more revenue from each customer.in 18 hours

Financial-services companies won’t be able to require customers to use arbitration to resolve disputes under a rule approved by a federal consumer regulator, making it easier to bring class-action lawsuits against them.in 20 hours

Zinc prices have moved sharply higher over the past month, spurred by tight supply amid tougher Chinese environmental regulations, and analysts say the metal could rise further despite signs of a rebound in mine output.in 12 hours

Cheddar Inc., the streaming financial-news network that was recently valued at $85 million, is buying a viral stock-picking game started by a 26-year-old former Amazon.com Inc. software engineer in his Seattle apartment.in 14 hours

President Donald Trump’s election integrity commission faces growing resistance as it pushes states to provide personal details about every registered voter, including birth dates, political affiliations and the last four digits of social security numbers.in 18 hours

Senate Republicans returning from a July 4 recess are so divided over a health-overhaul bill that they are also struggling to agree on what to do if they fail to pass their legislation.140224 minutes ago

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Christopher Wray, is worth more than $23 million and will recuse himself from any investigation in which his law firm represents a party, according to ethics disclosures.in 19 hours

A British judge who ruled that an 11-month-old boy should have his life support withdrawn and barred his parents from taking him for experimental treatment in the U.S. said he would examine alleged new evidence relating to a potential treatment for the terminally ill baby.in 20 hours